William Collier Jr.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Collier Jr. (born Charles F. Gall Jr., February 12, 1902 – February 5, 1987) was an American film and stage actor who appeared in 89 films. William Collier (nicknamed "Buster") was born in New York City. When his parents divorced, his mother, the actress Paula Marr, remarried the actor William Collier Sr. who adopted Charles (the two did share a resemblance) and gave the boy the new name William Collier Jr. Collier's acting experience in childhood, having first appeared on stage at age seven, helped him to get his first movie role at the age of 14 in The Bugle Call (1916). He went on to become a popular leading man in the 1920s and made the transition from silent into sound film, however he retired from acting in 1935, and in 1937 went to work as a movie producer in England. At the end of the 1940s he returned to America and went on to produce drama series for television. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Filmography (79 titles)
7.5ShowBuster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
1987
7.0MovieThe People's Enemy
Tony Falcone · 1935
5.7MoviePublic Stenographer
James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr. · 1934
9.0MovieHer Secret
Johnny Norton · 1933
6.5MovieThe Story of Temple Drake
Toddy Gowan · 1933
7.0MovieForgotten
Joseph Meyers · 1933
7.0MovieFile 113
Prosper Botomy · 1933
6.0MovieSpeed Demon
Speed Morrow · 1932
8.0MovieThe Fighting Gentleman
Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman · 1932
5.0MovieThe Phantom Express
Bruce Harrington · 1932
7.0MovieThe County Fair
Jimmie Dolan · 1932
5.7MovieDancers in the Dark
Floyd Stevens · 1932
4.3MovieThe Secret Witness
Arthur Jones aka Casey · 1931
6.7MovieSoul of the Slums
Jerry Harris · 1931
Sporting Chance
Terry Nolan · 1931
6.8MovieStreet Scene
Sam Kaplan · 1931
6.1MovieThe Big Gamble
Johnnie Ames · 1931
4.1MovieBroadminded
Jack Hackett · 1931
5.6MovieCimarron
The Kid · 1931
6.9MovieLittle Caesar
Tony Passa · 1931
5.1MovieReducing
Johnnie Beasley · 1931
6.5MovieRain or Shine
Bud Conway · 1930
10.0MovieNew Movietone Follies of 1930
Conrad Sterling · 1930
6.2MovieFree and Easy
Master of Ceremonies · 1930
7.0MovieA Royal Romance
John Hale · 1930
3.0MovieThe Melody Man
Al Tyler · 1930
6.6MovieThe Show of Shows
Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) · 1929
10.0MovieThe College Coquette
Tom Marion · 1929
Two Men and a Maid
Jim Oxford · 1929
9.0MovieNew Orleans
Billy Slade · 1929